Ebola, the virus explained

Friday, July 25, 2014

After a smattering of Ebola posters around the city’s clinics warning people of the threat of the disease Mmegi Correspondent DESMOND LESETEDI made contact with the Ministry of Health in a bid to get more information. The ministry in-house specialist Dr Nesredin Jami* sheds light on the dreaded disease.

Mmegi: Should people be scared of news concerning Ebola?

Jami: I don’t think we need to be scared of Ebola. It is usually found in very remote areas of equatorial jungles, and even then in rural areas.

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